IP gets BBC and Sky vote for election night May 1st 2015 - 12:33 PM

The BBC, Sky and ITV are to employ IP delivery for elements of live UK general election coverage on May 7 and May 8. The technology is in early stages of development and not quite robust or flexible enough to ditch outside broadcast trucks yet. But in 2020 - time of the next…

Three Chips For 4K!! April 20th 2015 - 01:00 PM

With the emergence of high-resolution (2K, 4K) single-sensor cameras in 2006 (Red Digital Cinema was first), many claimed that television production and digital cinematography would never revert to three-chip CCD cameras—the workhorse since RGB prisms made their way into video cameras—again.

Operators wake up to booming live sports piracy April 18th 2015 - 12:10 PM

Growing concern among pay TV operators and broadcasters over live streaming piracy was evident at this year’s NAB in Las Vegas, with the main focus on sports. Until recently security of movies, the other major cash cow for pay TV, attracted more attention because that was thought more vulnerable w…

OTT must conquer live sports to reach top table April 11th 2015 - 03:56 PM

The big OTT operators must embrace live sports if they are to fulfil their ambitions of becoming dominant global pay TV players and seize the mantle from existing national or regional pay TV operators as well as dedicated sports broadcasters. The next stage for the likes of Amazon, Netflix and…